Project Manager Expert - Remote

The Expert Project Manager (PM) is responsible for planning, leading, organizing, and motivating agile and hybrid project teams with a focus on achieving business results.

Job Requirements

·         Project Planning and Management: Define project scope and schedule while focusing on regular and timely delivery of value; organize and lead project status and working meetings; prepare and distribute progress reports; manage risks and issues; correct deviations from plans; and perform delivery planning and operational readiness for assigned projects.

·         Project Team Management: Assist in team development while holding teams accountable for their commitments, remove roadblocks to their work; leverage organizational resources to improve capacity for project work; and mentoring and developing team members; facilitate the efficient use of resources across multiple projects and monitor trends to ensure use aligns with strategic goal.

·         Product Owner Support: Support the Product Owner in managing customer expectations for project deliverables, managing stakeholder communications, and help with an effective system of project governance

·         Communication and Documentation: Keeping stakeholders informed, resolving issues, and maintaining project documentation utilizing project management tools

·         Process Management and Improvement: Champion ongoing process improvement initiatives to implement best practices for Agile Project Management

·         Team Building: Promote empowerment of the team, ensure that each team member is fully engaged in the project and making a meaningful contribution, and encourage a sustainable pace with high-levels of quality for the team

·         Vendor Management: Monitor and report on vendor performance metrics. Ensuring vendors are delivering against a specific contract’s deliverables.

Skills Required

·         Effective interpersonal skills including the ability to manage conflict, listening, collaborating, and team building

·         Strong analytical, planning, and organizational skills with an ability to manage competing demands

·         Ability to use critical thinking to make complex decisions

·         In-depth knowledge and understanding of business need with the ability to establish/maintain high levels of customer trust and confidence

·         Solid understanding of and demonstrated experience in using appropriate tools:

o   Project Management tools

o   Jira/Confluence, Workfront, Monday.com or equivalent

o   Microsoft Project, Visio, and all Office Tools

·         Excellent oral and written communications skills and experience interacting at all levels including the executive level

·         Full transparency and communication of project progress, risks, and vendor performance

·         Ability to work creatively and analytically to solve business problems and propose solutions

·         Ability to see the big picture and quickly comprehend the impact of new technologies, systems and/or teams on changes to business processes

·         Ability to drive projects and take initiative to keep things progressing forward

·         Ability to provide leadership to business analysts, program managers, coordinators, and collaborate with customers and develop strategies and solutions of high business value

Required Credentials and Experience:

·         Bachelor’s degree or higher

·         At least 7 years of medium to large-scale project experience in a project management or similar role

·         At least 7 to 10 years of strong experience with project or program planning, resource planning, work plan development, and project management processes

Preferred Credentials and Experience:

·         PMP certification

·         Demonstrated prior experience with SCRUM/Agile, blended methodologies at the enterprise-level of an organization.

·         Experience working within the public sector, specifically health and human services agencies

·         Organizational change management experience